Media Swap this weekend!

Swapsity is a community dedicated to promoting 'collaborative consumption' and reducing waste by swapping and sharing what you don't need anymore with someone else. In three years, Swapsity has organized over 27 swap events, saving over 30,000 items from landfill and saving Torontonians an estimated $200,000!

Swapsity was started by Marta Nowinska to empower people through barter. The Swapsity Swap Zone demonstrates that old books, music and media "should be loved not landfilled, shared not stashed and that clutter can become currency."

Bartering and swapping is not only fun, but it saves you cash, reduces waste, and helps connect you with the community. As a Swapsity Swap Zone volunteer explained, bartering and swapping isn't just fun, but it helps change how we see the economy "...it’s SO empowering! Even if you’re working a lousy job, you still have skills and stuff in your house that you can swap".

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TEA’s Waste Free challenge is a project of the Toronto Environmental Alliance. The project is funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario. The challenge is sponsored by CUPE Local 416, the union representing Toronto City workers who collect, sort, recycle and compost Toronto's residential waste.